Bookmarks
InfoWorld: The great 64-bit shootout
benchmark of intel’s em-64t vs. amd’s x86-64 (spoiler: amd wins)
Charles Phoenix's God Bless Americana Field Trips
the "disneyland tour of downtown los angeles" sounds like fun
MySQL Lists: internals: bk commit into 4.1 tree (gluh:1.2016)
sergey gluhov fixes the bug that i reported. woohoo!
php.internals: Re: Patch: Rasmus statcallpatch with configure option
rasmus explains why he wants a place to put php patches
Country names and translations in 16 languages
surprisingly hard to track down these lists
Non-Realistic Digital Photomontage and Interactive Above-Painting
from the “rejected by siggraph” files
Wired News: George Lucas Does Dystopia, Too
review of thx 1138. i remember the short being better.
'You're fired!' tops TV buzzword list
the article says "fahgeddaboutit" is over, but that was a movie catch phrase (donnie brasco), not something from the sopranos
Boing Boing: Opening a pricey bike lock with a plastic ball point pen
the videos are great
Password generator bookmarklet
generate unique passwords for sites based on one master password (via joshua)
MySQL Lists: mysql: RE: best-performing CPU platform for MySQL now? Opteron? OpenBSD? SuSE?
friendster engineer talks performance. how long until they get fired?
From geek to chef - megnut.com
meg (blogger co-founder) quits the tech world and becomes a chef
4th Floor - 4th Floor Blog
anonymous blog from folks at los angeles city hall (fourth floor is where the city council members offices are)
Reuters: Powell Concerned by Putin Political Changes
good for powell, too bad he is unlikely to be around after the election (regardless of who wins)
As Marriage Role Models, Straight Folks Need Work
the dad from family ties points out the finger at non-gay-marriage for sullying marriage
the guy’s guide to geek girls
lesson from my college orientation: don’t stalk girls (via jzawodn)
Libraries, Society's Jewels, Merit More Public Funding
oped piece praising public funding for libraries